Broom-holder.



A. L. TIFFANY.

BROOM HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23. 1915.

Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

a similar nature,

ANDREW L. TIFFANY, or runnenromoamronnm.

' BROOM-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent, Patgntgd D "2, 19111 Application filed June 23, 1915. Serial No. 35,870.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW L. Trrrnn Y. a citizen of the United States, residing at Fullerton, in the county of Orange and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in .Broom- Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My present invention relates to new and useful improvements in broom holders and has particular reference to devices of this character which are adapted to yieldably grip the handle of the broom.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a broom holder .of the character specified, which consists merely in a wall plate or block anda grippingdevice which is attached thereto and is formed from a single length of "wire bent to form a pair of resilient gripping jaws.

The above, and other which will be hereinafter more specifically treated are accomplished by such means as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specification, and then more particularly pointed out in the claim which is appended hereto and forms part of this application.

With reference to the drawings, wherein there has been illustrated the preferred embodiment of this invention, as it is reduced to practice, and throughout the several views of which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a view in elevation showing the device applied to the wall of a room and supporting a broom; Fig. 2 is a view in top plan, showing the broom gripped in the jaws of the device, the wall block being fragmentarily shown in section; Fig. 3 is a detail view illustrating the manner in which the wire from which the gripping device is made, is first bent; Fig. 4 is a detail view showing the next step in the bending of the wire; and Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the following step in the bending of the wire.

As is best disclosed in Fig. 1, the broom holder consists in a wall plate or block A, and a gripping device, generally designated by the numeral B. The wall block or plate is preferably formed from a small piece of wood, although it may be made, if desired,

, from rubberoid or incidental objects of any other suitable composition or metal, without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention.

The gripping device generally designated by the letter. B is, as previously designated, formed from a single length of resilient wire of medium gage. The wire is initially bent at its approximate center to define, as in Fig. 3, a single convolution helix l0 and is then bent asin Fig. 1 to produce oppositely curved arms 11. After the two portions of the wire have been bent to form these arms, they are extended horizontally fora short distance, as indicated at 12 and are then bent, as in Fig. at, to produce two additional single convolution helixes, as indicated at 13 and 14. After the formation of the members 13 and 14', the two portions of the wire arms 15 and 16, as in F ig. 5. As shown in Fig. 2 the terminals of these arms 15 and 16 are bent toward each other and away from the members 13 and 14, producing the loops 17 and 18. The extreme terminals of the wire are bent, as at 19 and 20 to produce the diverging stubs 21 and 22. It is now to be observed that the curved portions 19 and 2-0 at the ends of the loops 17 and 18 are normally disposed in proximity to each other and that the distance between these portions 19 and 20 and the arms 15 and 16 is less than the diameter of an ordinary broom handle. Thus, when as in Fig. 2 the broom handle is passed between the members 21 and 22 and spreads the portions 19 and 20, it will engage with the arm 15 (which bears against the outside of the arm 16) without allowing the portions 19 and 20 to come back to their normal position. Thus, when the broom is inserted in the loops 17 and 18, the portions 19 and 20 constiture yieldable gripping jaws which serve to support the broom handle and yieldably maintain it against displacement from the holder.

In attaching the gripping plate to the block plate 'COIlVOllltlOIlS member's. -2O,' fro1n the members '15 and 16, is

ystru'ction, proportion and parts may be resorted Attention is now directed .to the fact that the (gripping device is so .formed that the 13 and 14: as well as the arms 15.and 16 serve toj'grippingly engage the jaws 19 and 20 withthe-broom. Also the loops 17 and 18 contrlbute to the gripping of thebroom handle, since the broom, when insertedin themembershown in Fig. ,2, serves to space the'jaw members 19 and'EZO, away from the members 15 and 16, a distance greater than the normal space between these Sn'ch spacing of the jaws 19 and accomplished in opposition to the tension of the loops 1 7 and '18 and these members, therefore, obviously, serve to increase the gripping-action of the jaws.

In re'ducti'onto practice, it has been found that the form of this inventionillustrated in the drawings and referred to in the above description as the preferred embodiment, is the most efli'cient and practical;

that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of thisd'evi'ce will necessarily vary, it is 'desirable yet :realizto emphasize the "fact that various minor changes in the details of iconarrangement of to, when required, without sacrificing any 'oflth'e advantages of this invention, as defined by the appended claim.

What is claimed is z A broom holder formed from a single length of wire bent to form a pair of transversely spaced helixes, arms extending from th'ehelixes, said arms being downwardly directed and being crossed, loops formed from the terminals of the arms and positioned at opposite sides of the overlapping point of spaced points and to move'toward each other and "to'a lsoimove toward the arms, thereby iorcingthehandle against said arms.

In testimony whereof I hereunto ailix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

. ANDREW L. TIFFANY. Vvitnessesz EMnnsoN J. Marne, GEORGE W. FINOH.

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